January 5, 2015
Lake County Program Helps Navigate Courthouse From the Associated Press Navigating judicial red tape is no easy task. Knowing what forms to file, where to file them, and who to ask for general...
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How To Stop A Class-Action Scam From the Wall Street Journal If you own any stock, you know the frustration of getting a notice announcing settlement of a lawsuit, commenced by a lawyer on behalf of a...
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Cold Truth: It's Not Winter That's Driving People Out Of Illinois From the Chicago Tribune Leave. Just leave. Join the Illinois exodus. No one cares that you're freezing and miserable. Shut up and...
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First Madison County Jury Verdict Of 2015 Results In Defense Win From the Madison County Record The first jury verdict of 2015 was returned on Tuesday in favor of defendant Lueders Ross Agency in...
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New Laws Affecting Civil Justice System Prompt Reaction From the Madison County Record Two new laws enacted by lame duck Governor Pat Quinn have some legal observers concerned about their consequences....
View ArticleIs Today Beginning Of New ‘Tort Reform’ Movement In Illinois?
By Ed Murnane, Illinois Civil Justice League For the first time since the days of Governor Jim Edgar, later today, Illinois will have a chief executive who believes the state needs to reform laws...
View ArticleJanuary 12, 2015
What Illinois Business Wants In Rauner's Inaugural Address From Crain's Chicago Business When Bruce Rauner gives his inaugural address on Jan. 12, business leaders across Illinois will be listening as...
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Quinn Lays Political Traps For Rauner On Way Out The Door From the Chicago Tribune In an 11th-hour flurry Monday in Chicago, Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn signed a few final bills into law, appointed...
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Search Underway To Fill Cook County Associate Judge Openings From the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin The state courts’ administrative office has started accepting applications for associate judge vacancies...
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U. S. Chamber Of Commerce Getting Down To Business For 2015 From the Legal Times The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is on a mission this year to change the Affordable Care Act, help companies share...
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Quinn’s Last-minute Clemency Decisions Draw More Critics From the Associated Press Pat Quinn’s clemency decisions in his final moments as Illinois governor are drawing more criticism, with a prosecutor...
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Supreme Court To Review Bans On Solicitations In Judge Races From the New York Times Almost five years to the day after the Citizens United decision reshaped American politics, the Supreme Court on...
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Government Health Care Website Quietly Sharing Personal Data From the Chicago Tribune The government's health insurance website is quietly sending consumers' personal data to private companies that...
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Illinois' Budget Deficit Twice As Bad As You Think From Crain's Chicago Business Illinois' fiscal woes are significantly deeper and more serious than generally realized, with the state facing a $9...
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Supreme Court Session Disrupted By 'Citizens United' Protest From the National Law Journal Protesters disrupted Wednesday morning's U.S. Supreme Court session, rising one after another to shout...
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Justice Department Explores Taking Action On Violent Illinois Youth Centers From the Chicago Tribune Illinois' troubled residential treatment centers for children and teens are drawing the attention of...
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Illinois Shoppers, Your Amazon Tax Holiday Is Over From Crain's Chicago Business Amazon.com will begin collecting state sales tax from Illinois shoppers starting Feb. 1, marking the end of a protracted...
View ArticleRauner, Business Look For Workers’ Comp Changes
From the State Journal-Register In a speech at the University of Chicago last week, Gov. Bruce Rauner provided what he said was a preview of his upcoming State of the State speech. Rauner ticked off a...
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Juror Pay-increase Plan To Get New Look? From the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin Weeks after passing a measure to bump jurors’ pay, one lawmaker has introduced a bill to curtail that plan. Last month,...
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Rauner Returns To Anti-union Rhetoric While Blasting State Business Climate From the Chicago Tribune Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner reintroduced his anti-union rhetoric Tuesday as he pointedly assigned...
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